Ponderings

A Big Lie

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We’ve all heard it. “All you have to do is believe.” “If you believe it, you can do it!” “Anything is possible, if you just believe.” Well this, my friends, is bull crap. Case in point: today I ran a red light.  I believed it was green (I think I got it mixed up with … Read more

Confrontation

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In which I challenge a cultural misconception,

Power, Autonomy, and Happiness

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Happiness and power

In which I rant about changing how we define happiness

Madness is Not the Dramatic Horror Hollywood Claims

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(I started writing this in December 2017 when I first saw the trailer.  The show has come out now, and I hear it’s even worse than I feared.) Saw a trailer this morning about an upcoming TNT crime drama wherein the main ‘detective’ is a 19th century acolyte of the new science of psychology, tracking … Read more

Guilt vs. Shame

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In which I separate two common terms into the good and the bad

Obedience, Becoming, and the Struggles that Bind Them

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In which I talk about obedience and beyond.